What is Curtis Shaffer Ii's major discipline record at Cumberland County Sheriff's Department?

Curtis Shaffer Ii has one major discipline record at Cumberland County Sheriff's Department in the New Jersey Attorney General's 2020-2025 releases, from 2021. These are final, adjudicated actions, not allegations.

Does Curtis Shaffer Ii's record show a termination?

The major discipline records shown here do not report a termination for Curtis Shaffer Ii at Cumberland County Sheriff's Department.

How does Cumberland County Sheriff's Department score on this site's report card?

This site's report card places Cumberland County Sheriff's Department in the middle fifth of peers of its peer group on reported internal affairs volume and discipline severity. The grade is analysis by this site, not an official rating, and it describes the department, not Curtis Shaffer Ii individually.

Officer record · As reported by the employing agency

Curtis Shaffer Ii

Cumberland County Sheriff's Department · 1 record · 2021

Plain-language summary (this site, from the cited record only)

Sergeant Curtis Shaffer II was suspended for 180 days and demoted by the Cumberland County Sheriffs Office. Shaffer willfully used his police powers to violate the rights of a subordinate. The sustained charge cited abuse of authority.

Major discipline records

Major discipline · 2021^[1]

DemotedSuspended 180 days

Rank as reported: Sergeant (see this rank)
Sustained charge(s): Abuse of Authority
Separated while IA pending: not applicable (collected 2023 and later)

Synopsis as reported by the agency

Sergeant Shaffer II willfully used his police powers to violate the rights of a subordinate.

Compensation and pension

No confident pension match found. This site links a pension record to a named officer only when the name and the exact employing agency both match a New Jersey Treasury record. Where that bar is not met, nothing is shown rather than a guess. See methodology for how these matches are made and what is withheld.

Similar records

AnalysisComputed by this site from shared agency, year, charge category, and sanction outcome. Not a legal or factual equivalence.

Joyce Lee · Absecon City Police Department · 2021
DemotedSuspended 30 days
Sustained charge(s): Neglect of Duty
same year · similar sanction outcome
Christine Caldwell · Cape May County Sheriff's Office · 2021
DemotedSuspended 30 days
same year · similar sanction outcome
James Lawson · Department Of Corrections · 2021
DemotedSuspended 90 days
same year · similar sanction outcome
Patrick Mcdermott · Dumont Police Department · 2021
DemotedSuspended 180 days
same year · similar sanction outcome
Mandy Grey · Hopewell Township Police Department · 2021
DemotedSuspended 180 days
same year · similar sanction outcome

Questions and answers

What is a summary of Curtis Shaffer Ii's major discipline record?: Sergeant Curtis Shaffer II was suspended for 180 days and demoted by the Cumberland County Sheriffs Office. Shaffer willfully used his police powers to violate the rights of a subordinate. The sustained charge cited abuse of authority.
What is Curtis Shaffer Ii's major discipline record at Cumberland County Sheriff's Department?: Curtis Shaffer Ii has one major discipline record at Cumberland County Sheriff's Department in the New Jersey Attorney General's 2020-2025 releases, from 2021. These are final, adjudicated actions, not allegations.
Does Curtis Shaffer Ii's record show a termination?: The major discipline records shown here do not report a termination for Curtis Shaffer Ii at Cumberland County Sheriff's Department.
How does Cumberland County Sheriff's Department score on this site's report card?: This site's report card places Cumberland County Sheriff's Department in the middle fifth of peers of its peer group on reported internal affairs volume and discipline severity. The grade is analysis by this site, not an official rating, and it describes the department, not Curtis Shaffer Ii individually.

Sources

[1]New Jersey Major Discipline Data, 2020-2025. New Jersey Office of the Attorney General. Sheet "Major Discipline Data", row 2514. Snapshot retrieved 2026-07-03. ↩